How Does God Speak to Us?

By Nicole Murray

Most people would love to hear the voice of God; however, there is this belief that this is a gift that is given to some people and not others.  This is simply not true.  We can all hear God's voice if we know how He speaks, when He speaks and how to discern His voice different from our own, or the enemy.

 

In this book, you will learn:

 

The different ways in which God speaks through our Spiritual Senses

Hindrances to hearing clearly

How to steward God's Voice

How to grow in hearing God's Voice

 

There are also personal reflection exercises, activation prayers and activities included to help you along this journey.

 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Resplendent Publishing LLC
• Release date: May 14, 2021
• ISBN: 9781737045410

Nicole Murray

Nicole Murray is the author of How To Start A Prayer Ministry as well as the founder of Missionaries Of Prayer,  a non profit organization that promotes prayer worldwide. In her role as a teacher and mentor of prayer, she has reached worldwide audiences ministering through the gift of prophecy and prophetic intercession while winning many souls to Christ.  Her passion for reaching the poor, both in the natural and in the spirit, has led her to do worldwide missions to many countries sharing the love of Christ while ministering to the natural and spiritual needs of the people.  Ms. Murray hosts numerous prayer workshops and seminars nationally and internationally as well as online. Her non profit ministry not only ministers to people in English but also in Spanish. For more information visit www.MissionariesOfPrayer.org

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PREFACE

I

want to tell you how I was led to write this book. I manage a prayer ministry and we do prophetic words as the Lord gives them to us.  I’m a firm believer that God does speak to His children and that anyone of us can receive prophetic words from Him.

The purpose of the prophetic word is not to add to anything already written in scripture but to encourage, build up the body of Christ, warn the people of God and give insight into future events all while staying in line with what is written in the scriptures (1 Corinthians 14:3).

I generally receive a prophetic word from the Lord at least once per month and they are directed to the body of Christ.  You should know that I do not consider myself a prophet; however, I do have the gift of prophesy.

Around May 2019, I noticed that the prophetic words were starting to slow down and I was not receiving them with the same frequency as I did in the past. God didn’t have anything new to say.  While I was still receiving words from Him concerning my personal life, there was no message given for the body of Christ as a whole.  There were months when I received nothing.  I asked Him after awhile what was going on, why wasn’t I receiving any more prophetic words for the body of Christ? 

He told me that He wanted me to teach the people how to hear from Him themselves.

When He said that, I knew that something was coming where people needed to hear God for themselves.  I figured it was possible there would be a few false prophets here and there and perhaps some leaders in the church that would fall into some kind of sin and the people needed to know how to seek God for directions and answers.

I had no idea what was about to happen.

All during the time when God was silent, I would still see messages from the Lord from many different prophetic voices.    It was puzzling to me because I didn’t understand where they were getting them from.  Please understand this doesn’t mean that God can’t speak to someone else and not give the information to me.  He can do whatever He wants to do. I just found it strange that no one else was saying or hearing what I was hearing.  They were all just cranking out these prophetic messages at the same level of frequency.

Upon a closer look I noticed that there was nothing new about the messages but it was more of a regurgitation of past messages just being repeated over and over again.  You know…God is going to bless you this year  This is your year  You’re getting double for your trouble this year But I saw no one  saying that God was slowing down on the messages and wanted them to teach the people how to hear for themselves.

I marveled at the fact that sometimes we can get into the flow of things and miss when the Holy Spirit has removed His presence from it.

In November 2019, in obedience to what the Lord said, I taught my first class on the subject and then the Lord told me to do another one in February 2020.

Then in March 2020 COVID-19 hit and we were all on lockdown. And it was at that moment when I started to get the picture that this was more than just a few random false prophets where people needed to protect themselves.

This was about the entire church of Jesus Christ knowing how to connect with their Savior and King personally.  Knowing how to hear from Him personally without the pastor, or the prayer team, or the worship team or anybody else giving instructions.

It was bigger than what I expected.

Then with the United States elections in full swing and all these prophetic voices coming out with prophecies of what God told them, coupled with the greatest divide we have ever seen in the church, it became even more evident that now more than ever we needed to hear God for ourselves.  We can’t rely on our leaders anymore.  What if they are wrong? Should you wear a mask or not? Should you take the vaccine or not? Should you defy the authority and go to church or not? 

The truth is, only GOD can answer those questions concerning the health and well being of you and your loved ones.

What if what they are telling you is based solely on their own desires?  How would you know?  The only way is to hear God for yourself.

That’s why I wrote this book.

I pray that through this book not only will you get drawn into a closer relationship with Jesus Christ, but also your ears would be opened to hearing His voice.

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Chapter 1

Prayer

Prayer: this is where it starts.

S

o, it’s my favorite thing because, really, prayer is basically talking to God.  That’s what it is.  It is just having a conversation with your Lord and your Savior and your King.  And it’s such a simple thing.

But a lot of people don’t do it.  They don’t do enough of it.  I think it is intimidating for some people because they don’t understand it.  They don’t know how it works.  They don’t know if they are doing it right or wrong.  So they just tend to stay away from it.

I want to clear all that up for you and by the end of this book make you feel comfortable enough to approach the Lord and talk to Him about whatever it is you want to talk to Him about with confidence.

Okay, so let’s dive in.

Prayer is simply just talking to God.  And believe it or not, God does talk back to you.  A lot of people believe that this kind of communication either can’t happen, or in order for you to hear from God, you need to have some kind of spiritual gift that’s given to some Christians but not to others.  Well, that’s simply not true. 

Psalm 145:18 The Lord is near to all who call on Him, to all who call on Him in truth.

It is not a gift.  It is a right, as a son or daughter of the King, to hear from your Father and He wants to speak to you.  But I think we are not taught this.  People come to not believe it.  They think it can’t happen.  Or it can’t happen because they belong to a certain denomination that doesn’t really talk about the ability that we all can actually hear from God.

They never realize that this is possible.

So, what I’m going to do is tell you my story and them I’m going to use it to hopefully inspire you to do the same thing; to go to the Lord and talk to Him. 

I got saved in a conservative church, a Presbyterian church that believes that the only way the Lord speaks to you is through the bible, by reading the scriptures.

This is true.  God does speak to you through reading the bible.  It’s just not the only way that He speaks.  There are many, many, many ways in which the Lord speaks.  You do want to start with the bible.  It’s very important to do that because when the Lord does begin to speak to you, you will know that it’s not your voice or the voice of the enemy.  The only way to discern that, or to differentiate that, is by reading the word of God because then the word becomes the barometer that tells you this is God or it’s not God, it doesn’t sound like God or it sounds like something God would say. 

Psalm 103:20 …heeding the voice of His word.

That’s why it’s so important for you to read the bible, and yes, He does speak to you through the bible.

But

Reviews for How Does God Speak to Us?

[chris · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A very simple on point book about hearing from God. It's simple enough that it doesn't discourage you from trying rather it makes you feel yes it can be for me too.